Re: reply to header insertion

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I have left the final decision in the hands of the convener of the
ids list. 
Regards,

Kirk.
 >  
 >  Your reply-to is malformed.  It says ids@uow.edu.au@uow.edu.au
 >  
 >  I'd like to present a couple of considerations about an automatice reply-to:
 >  header.
 >  
 >  Although most of the mailing lists I subscribe to don't do this, a major 
 >  problem on most of them is inappropriate replies to the whole group when
 >  the user is really talking to only one person.  It greatly increases the
 >  noise to signal ratio.
 >  
 >  Most mailers (if not all, I'm just being careful;) allow the user a choice
 >  to reply to the sender, or to all recipients.  This gives flexibility that
 >  will be taken away by your decision.  The users of the list have the 
 >  capability of sending to the whole list without your REPLY-TO: change.
 >  
 >  Please reconsider, I think it will negatively impact the list.
 >  
 >  Patrick

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